Epiploic appendagitis is a rare inflammatory condition that affects the small fat-filled pouches on the colon or large intestine. People who have epiploic appendagitis may experience severe lower ...

Epiploic appendagitis is a rare condition that causes intense stomach pain and inflammation. It’s often mistaken for other conditions, like diverticulitis or appendicitis. It’s caused by a ...

Legend: Site = site of the pain; WBC = white blood cell count prior to surgery; EA = Epiploic appendagitis; RLQ = right lower quadrant; LLQ = left lower quadrant; NPF = no pathological finding ...

Appendicitis epiploica, also termed as hemorrhagic epiploitis, epiplopericolitis, and epiploic appendagitis is a benign, self-limited inflammation of the epiploic appendages occurring secondary to ...

Epiploic appendagitis is a rare cause of abdominal pain. Diagnosis of epiploic appendagitis, although infrequent, is easily made with CT or ultrasonography in experienced hands. As reported in the ...

Primary epiploic appendagitis (PEA) is an uncommon, benign inflammatory process of epiploic appendages, which are adipose structures protruding from the colon. Owing to a lack of pathognomonic ...

Epiploic appendagitis is a condition that can cause severe stomach and abdominal pain. It’s relatively rare and has only recently become more easily noticed in the medical world. Because it’s ...

Background: Epiploic appendagitis (EA) is a rare cause of focal abdominal pain in otherwise healthy patients with mild or absent secondary signs of abdominal pathology. It can mimick ...

Computed tomography of the abdomen (Figure 1) showed an oval-shaped, paracolic mass with the density of fat. A diagnosis of epiploic appendagitis was made. He was given a one-week course of ibuprofen, ...